This month’s blog post does not have anything to do with business. It isn’t cute. It isn’t sweet. But it is informative, and it might possibly save your life one day. And if you pass on this information to your mother, your sister, your wife, your daughter, or any woman you hold near and dear to your heart, it can possibly save her life too.

My sister shared this information with me, and it had been passed on to her, and so on. I take no credit for this excellent, life saving advice and do not even know where the first message originated. I am only passing it on so that you can share it with people you know and love.

In daylight hours, remember and think about these things if you are ever in an emergency situation. After reading these 10 crucial tips, share them with someone you care about. It never hurts to be careful in this crazy world we live in.

1. Tip from Tae Kwon Do: The elbow is the strongest point in your body. If you are close enough to an attacker, use it!

2. Tip from a tourist guide: If a robber asks for your wallet and/or purse, do not hand it to him. Toss it away from you. Chances are that he is more interested in your wallet and/or purse than you, and he will go for the wallet and/or purse. Run like crazy in the other direction!

3. If you are ever thrown into the trunk of a car, kick out the back tail lights and stick your arm out of the hole and start waving like mad. The driver won’t see you, but everybody else will. This has saved lives.

4. Women have a tendency to get into their cars after shopping, meeting friends, or working, and then they sit in their cars checking their emails, managing their checkbooks, making a list, etc. Do not do this! A predator will be watching you, and this is the perfect opportunity for him to get into the passenger side of your car, put a gun to your head, and tell you where to go. As soon as you get into your car, lock the doors and leave.

If someone is in the car with a gun to your head, do not drive off. Repeat: Do not drive off. Instead press the gas pedal and speed into anything, wrecking your car. Your air bag will save you. If the attacker is in the back seat, he will get the worst of it. As soon as the car crashes, bail out and run. Wrecking your car and getting a few scratches and bruises is better than being found dead in a remote location.

5. Getting into your car in a parking lot or parking garage:
a) Be aware. Look around you. Look into your car at the passenger side floor and in the back seat.
b) If you are parked next to a van, enter your car through the passenger side door and immediately lock your doors. Most attackers will strike their victims by pulling them into their vans while you are attempting to get into your car.
c) Look at the cars parked next to you. If a male is sitting alone in a car near your car, you may want to walk back to the mall or work and have someone (a guard or policeman) walk you back to your car.
It is always better to be safe than sorry and better paranoid than dead.

6. Always take the elevator instead of the stairs. Stairwells are horrible places to be alone and are the perfect crime spot. This is especially true at night.

7. If your attacker has a gun and you are not under his physical control, always run! Your attacker’s aim will only hit you (a running target) 4 times out of 100. And even then, chances are you will not be shot in a vital organ. Run in a zig-zag pattern.

8. As women, we are always trying to be sympathetic. WE NEED TO STOP. This can get us raped or killed. Ted Bundy was a good looking, well-educated man who always played on the sympathies of unsuspecting women. He walked with a cane or a limp and often asked to be “helped” into his vehicle or with his vehicle, which is when he abducted his next victim.

9. Crying baby precaution: A person heard a baby crying on her porch one night. She called the police because it was late and she thought it was weird. The police told her, “Whatever you do, do not open your door.” The lady was afraid that the baby would crawl into the street and get hit by a car. But the police warned her, “Do not open your door.” They told her there was suspected criminal who had a baby’s cry recorded and used it to coax women out of their homes. Bottom line – Do not fall prey to an attacker. Let the police take care of it.

10. Water Scam: If you wake up in the middle of the night to hear all of your faucets outside running or what you think may be a burst pipe, do not go outside to investigate. Attackers turn on all of your outside faucets full blast so that you will open your door to check things out, and then they attack.

Stay alert, keep safe, look out for your neighbors, and don’t be afraid to be afraid, or better said, don’t be ashamed to be overcautious. Send this to all the women in your lives to remind them that this is a crazy world we live in and it is better to be safe than sorry.

I thank my sister for sharing this with me and I thank the person who shared it with her.
For more information on keeping safe, please visit www.crime-safety-security.com/women-safety-overview.html.